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• CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE PUBLICLY REVEALS SEXUALY, BE FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK
• FIRST ALL BLACK PLAYER TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY TELLS HIS STORY
• ‘IT N ACTUALLY HELP OTHER PEOPLE’: CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE OUT AS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK
• FORMER ALL BLACK CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE PRAISED AFTER PUBLICLY G OUT AS GAY
• CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE: FIRST ALL BLACK TO E OUT AS GAY PRAISED FOR 'BRAVERY'
• CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE HOP BEG THE FIRST GAY ALL BLACK WILL TAKE AWAY STIGMA AND PRSURE OM OTHERS
• IN A LLEGE FOOTBALL FIRST, HBCU PLAYER OUT AS GAY
• RUGBY STARS REACT AS CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE BE FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK
• CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE BE FIRST ALL BLACK TO E OUT AS GAY
• NEW ZEALAND GBY LEGEND CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK AFTER 'LIVG A LIE'

CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE PUBLICLY REVEALS SEXUALY, BE FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK

Campbell Johnstone publicly reveals sexualy, be first openly gay All BlackProbabl ont row Campbell Johnstone (left), Derren Wbe and Clarke Dermody pack down durg the All Black trial won 37-32 by the Possibl at McLean Park, Napier New Zealand, Friday Jun.

FIRST ALL BLACK PLAYER TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY TELLS HIS STORY

Photo by Ross Land/Getty ImagRtersJan 30, 2023, 01:53 AM ETFormer New Zealand prop Campbell Johnstone has bee the first All Black to e out as gay, sayg on a televisn programme on Monday he had been "livg a lie" and leadg "a double life" before acknowledgg his sexualy. "If I n be the first All Black that out as gay and take away the prsure and stigma surroundg the issue n actually help other people, " Johnstone said.

We want to be clear, no matter who you love, gby has your back, " Robson Zealand Sports Mister and former puty Prime Mister Grant Robertson, who is gay, thanked Johnstone for "blazg this trail" and said his announcement was "a big moment".

‘IT N ACTUALLY HELP OTHER PEOPLE’: CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE OUT AS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK

Today is a signifint day, bee for the first time an All Black is puttg on the rerd publicly that he’s gay. The prop played three All Black Tt match 2005 and ma 72 appearanc for Canterbury and 38 for the told his fay and close iends he was gay but tonight he’s openg up publicly the hope will help other players. ‘It n actually help other people’: Campbell Johnstone out as the first openly gay All BlackJanuary 30, 2023 — 6.

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FORMER ALL BLACK CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE PRAISED AFTER PUBLICLY G OUT AS GAY

“If I n be the first All Black that out as gay and take away the prsure and the stigma surroundg that whole issue, then n actually help other people, ” Johnstone told Seven Sharp. ”Johnstone hoped an openly gay All Black uld be one of the fal piec the puzzle of New Zealand sport to show that there is acceptance and normalise sexualy for any young athlet makg their way their chosen out publicly as the first All Black to do so will throw Johnstone’s name to the spotlight and reluctantly, he believ he’s ready for that knowg will help, what was Johnstone’s advice for a young athlete who may be stgglg wh the ia of revealg their sexualy? The former New Zealand gby player Campbell Johnstone has bee the first All Black to e out as gay, sayg he hoped to “take away the prsure and the stigma” of dog so publicly.

Johnstone, 43, said Seven Sharp TV terview that he had told iends and fay “a long time ago” that he was gay.

”New Zealand’s sports mister, Grant Robertson, who is also gay, said Johnstone had blazed a trail for the natnal team – which is domant on the world stage, venerated at home and has bee a multi-billn dollar global brand.

CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE: FIRST ALL BLACK TO E OUT AS GAY PRAISED FOR 'BRAVERY'

The Black Ferns – the natnal women’s team – has multiple openly gay current and past players, cludg Louisa Wall, a former member of parliament who was part of the wng si at the 1995 Women’s Rugby World has been much rarer for men the sport’s top echelons to e out publicly. In 2009, the former Wal pta Gareth Thomas beme the first openly gay profsnal gby unn player the world.

CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE HOP BEG THE FIRST GAY ALL BLACK WILL TAKE AWAY STIGMA AND PRSURE OM OTHERS

“If I n be the first All Black that out as gay and take away the prsure and stigma surroundg the issue, n actually help other people. Former New Zealand gby prop Campbell Johnstone has bee the first All Black to publicly e out as gay and said he hop his announcement will ‘take away the prsure and stigma surroundg the issue’. ’Rather than g out durg his playg reer, Johnstone said he phed his sexualy to the si and admted that he would blame bad gam on beg gay.

‘If I n be the first All Black that out as gay and take away the prsure and stigma surroundg the issue, n actually help other people, ’ said Johnstone. A Hampton Universy football player me out publicly as gay, a first for a football player at a historilly Black llege or universy, acrdg to, an LGBTQ sports news se. Byron Perks, a Divisn I fensive back for the Hampton Universy Pirat, me out as gay an Instagram story shared Wednday.

IN A LLEGE FOOTBALL FIRST, HBCU PLAYER OUT AS GAY

I’m gay, let be known that this is not a ‘cisn’ or a ‘choice. ’ Y, this is who I am, this is who I’ve been, and this is who I’m gog to be, ” Perks wrote the story, acrdg to (Instagram stori are only available for 24 hours, so Perks’ origal story is no longer viewable) several Divisn I football players have e out as gay durg their llege reers — cludg the College of Idaho’s Cy Hicks, Amherst College’s Avery Saffold and Kansas State’s Stt Frantz — Perks is the first to do so at one of the untry’s 101 HBCUs, acrdg to both Outsports and Perks.

Perks told Outsports that he’d like to help other gay Black men who are stgglg wh their sexualy.

RUGBY STARS REACT AS CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE BE FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK

“There hasn’t been an out gay football athlete at an HBCU. “I’m sure the young man has heard his fair share of slurs om teammat unaware that he is gay.

Cyd Zeigler, the -founr of Outsports, noted that “so many ‘first’ gay athlet — John Amaechi, Jason Colls, Michael Sam — have been Black men. Photo / GettyCurrent All Blacks have praised former prop Campbell Johnstone after he has bee the first All Black to publicly e out as gay.

CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE BE FIRST ALL BLACK TO E OUT AS GAY

“If I n be the first All Black that out as gay and take away the prsure and the stigma surroundg the whole issue then n actually help other people. "I'm also hopg to help open the door for anyone stgglg this space" ❤️Former All Blacks prop Campbell Johnstone has e out as the first openly gay male New Zealand gby player — World Rugby (@WorldRugby) January 30, 2023. Sport Mister and openly gay MP Grant Robertson shared his support for Johnstone on Instagram, llg “a big moment”.

NEW ZEALAND GBY LEGEND CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK AFTER 'LIVG A LIE'

”In 2019, All Black halfback TJ Perenara spoke out about his support for the Rabow muny and the age-old qutn - are Kiwis ready for a gay All Black?

”Perenara said he uldn’t speak on behalf of the All Blacks on whether fans would be ready for an openly gay All Black, but he hoped Kiwis were. Former New Zealand prop Campbell Johnstone has bee the first All Black to e out as gay, sayg on a televisn programme on Monday he had been "livg a lie" and leadg "a double life" before acknowledgg his sexualy. New Zealand Sports Mister and former puty Prime Mister Grant Robertson, who is gay, thanked Johnstone for "blazg this trail" and said his announcement was "a big moment".